Diane Elayne Dees and Moriah Erickson
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Diane Elayne Dees
dianeedees@gmail.com
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Diane Elayne Dees lives in Covington, Louisiana. Her poetry has been published in many journals and anthologies. Diane also publishes Women Who Serve, a blog about women’s professional tennis.
The following work is Copyright © 2013, and owned by Diane Elayne Dees and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
The Year of No Christmas Tree In the year of no Christmas tree, In the year of no Christmas tree, In the year of no Christmas tree, |
Moriah Erickson
mericks28@gmail.com
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Moriah Erickson is a writer, respiratory therapist, manager of a small, struggling corporation, and a mother to 7 children. She has a brand-new MFA from Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, and wonders what to do with it. (First payment due soon!) She resides with her children, husband, and two mutts in Duluth, MN.
The following work is Copyright © 2013, and owned by Moriah Erickson and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
Two Words socked the wind out of my gut, a fast uppercut and put my hands onto the arms through reviews of echocardiograms every 3 months Now these words, which I had only thought before, dismissed, had seated themselves beside me, no longer inside. She had said them, actually, hung them up never be the same: the doctor was no longer on my side. expecting tears or fright or anger, and all she got from me that we had done: the trips to the Cities, the endless sedations and diagnostics, My daughter was defined. The laundry,
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